Rifle-bore cleaner.



D. STRIGKLE-R. RIFLE ,BORE CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED 1 213.21, 1911.

1,015,915. Patented Jan.30,1912.

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RIFLE- BORE CLEANER;

Specification of Letters Patent. .Pateflted J an 30 1912.

"a aa um tiled February 21, 1911. Serial at. 809,866.

Be it known that I Davin S'rmcxmx, a citizen of the United States,residing at .Shelby, in the'county of Richland and State .of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and use- 111 Improvements in Rifle-Bore Qleaners;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe. 1nvention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to'make and use the same. v i

This invention relates to devices for cleaning the bore of gun barrels.or cannons and the object of the invention is to provide a device-whichwill efiectually clean the bore of. a gun orrifle, cuttingfromfihe sidesthereof" all lead, burned J charges, -etc., ad-

hering thereto from firing the firearm.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich may be-connected to a series of extension rods to adapt the sameto the various lengths of or cannons. Another object of the invention isto provide a bore cleaner which is adapted to 1'0- tate as it is thrustinto the firearm to clean theinner surface eifectively.

A- further object is to construct a device of this character adapted tobe used in connection with brushes which may be interchangeablyconnected to the extension rods, one brush or cleaning'member adapted toscrape the foreign matter loose from the interior of the barrel or bore,and the other.

to brush the loosened matter out of the firearm.

I made a part of this applicatiom-I is a ,view of the upper end of thedevice,

showing a swab or removing brush secured thereto, to brush out the dirtloosened b the cleaner, and Fig. 4 is a fragmentar etail view (partly insection) of the orm of swivel connection betweenthe brush and theReferring in detail to the drawings, .the

5 various parts of my invention and cooperating accessories will bedesignated by numerals, of which- I 1 indicates a hollow conical body,the

outer end of which is substantially of about the same diameter as thebore of the gun, while 2 indicates a pluralityof integral splitportionsor prongs designed to perform the office of cleaning the'bore ofthe gun, the normal position of *said pron (whlch are a continuation 'ofthe belllike or vconlcal body 1) being in acontinuation of the laneoccupied by the walls of said body. j T e numeral 3 designates the bodyoranchorm portion, which is formed integral w1th t e flared or conicalsection 1 and is provldedwith' a centrally disposed or dia- .metricalbore in which the anchoring pin 4 is mounted, said pin being anchored inany suitable way in the end of the first extension rod 5.

The extension rods 5 may be secured to one another in an suitablemanner, but are preferably provi ed uponone end with a hollow internalportion 6 and upon the op-- posite end with the threaded reduced exten-S1011 7,-the threaded extension of one rod screwing within the threadedrecess of the adjacent rod 5. The swab or removing brush 8 (which may becomposed of any suitable material) is secured to one end of the rod/5 inany suitable manner.

The cleaning member or the; swab may be, if so. desired, secured to therod 5 as shown in Fig. 4. In this inst-ancethe head of the cleaningmember is provided with a reduced extension 9 having thecircumferentiall arranged groove 10. The adjacent end 0 the rod 5 isprovided with a recess or bore 11, to accommodate the extension 9, andextending through the side of therod 5 is the retaining and guidingscrew 12, the inner end of which rests within the oove 10, to hold thecleaning member within the -end of the rod 5 for rotation therein..

It will be apparent that the above de scribed cleaning device may bemade of any size or of any suitable material for use with any typeoffirearm from the smallest rifle or pistol to the largest'cannon. It willalso be apparent that any number of extension rods may be employed, andthat when made for use with pistols or guns of ordinary size, the devicemay be carried within the vusers pocket.

In use when the barrel of a gun or pistol or a cannon requires cleaningfor efl'ective operation, the cleaning member is connected with therequired number of extension rods 5, the outer ends of the resilientprongs or cutting members 2 compressed or brought closely together andinserted within the end of the firearm to be cleaned. The device is thenforced into the gun or other firearm, by exertin pressure against theouter end. of the hand within the bore, it is rotated by'means of thespirally formed interior of the bore and the resllient prongs 2 thuscome in contact with every portion of the surface and scrape the foreignmatter from. said surf face. The device is then withdrawn from the bore,the swab or removing brush secured upon the rods 5 after the looseningmember has been detached therefrom, an

the operation just described repeated. This brush, however, instead ofscraping the interior of the bore serves to sweep the same and removethe foreign matter loosened therefrom by the cleaning brush..

By the construction which I have provided it will be observed that sincethe outer end of the flared or hell like body portion 1 is substantiallyof the same diameter as the bore of the gun, it follows that the plu-wrality of prongs when compressed within the bore will lie substantiallyarallel with e interior surface thereof and as a consele or rod 5. Asthebrush travels 'c luence the edges'of the said rongs will be from, ascorrosion, or the like. It followsthat the resilience of each of the rons will insure that it will bear niost s arp y against said surface,while the extreme or prongs will follow the free ends of the rifling inthe bore' What I'claim'is: f-

A gun bore cleaner comprising interlocking extension rods, incombination-with a cleaning head proper, consisting of a conical, hollowb0dy,port1on having integral, flexible extensions or prongs, the upperend of saidconical body being substantially of the same diameter as thebore of the gun, the said conical section being integrally formed withthe body portion 3, 'thelatter having a diametrical bore, and apinprovided with a head resting in the hollowed portion of said conicalbody and connected with the end of the extension rod.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID STRICKLER.

Witnesses:

C. J. ANDERSON, A. BQMABEE.

